What are the "four roots of capacity and nature"?
During the third century C.E., a debate on the relationship between “capacity” (cai 才) and “nature” (xing 性) captured the imagination of the Chinese elite. Historical sources relate that four views were put forward on the subject, which continued to dominate the intellectual scene during the fourth...
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Main Author: | CHAN, Alan Kam Leung |
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2004
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